# Famous Missing Objects **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536 "2010-10-27T15:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/1 "2010-10-27T15:51:34Z")
I just was [this story](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101027/ap_en_mo/eu_britain_james_bond) about the upcoming auction of one of the two Aston Martins used by James Bond. Apparently, the other was stolen on 1997 and hasn’t been seen in public since. (I’m sure it has been seen by the thief who jerks off over it every day.) I hadn’t heard that before. So what other priceless objects have presumably disappeared into the vaults of millionaire thieves? ---
**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/2 "2010-10-27T15:56:01Z")
Both bikes used in “Easy Rider” were stolen and never seen again. It’s speculated that the thieves really didn’t know that the bikes they stole were the ones in the movie and they were just disassembled for the parts. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/3 "2010-10-27T16:06:11Z")
The biggest art theft in history occurred at the Isabella Steward Gardner museum in Boston in 1990. None of it has ever been seen since. I think it is kind of strange to steal famous art which is meant to be shown off but you can’t because it becomes so infamous after it is taken. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/4 "2010-10-27T16:10:41Z")
The Ark is missing… last I heard it was in some giant government warehouse. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/5 "2010-10-27T16:14:27Z")
How about the remains of the original Peking Man? (Although they may merely have sunk.) ---
**Author:** ![SmithCommaJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/6 "2010-10-27T16:33:27Z")
The body (assuming he’s dead) of [D.B. Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.B._Cooper) and almost all of the ransom money he got by holding a plane hostage. I guess the missing objects aren’t exactly priceless, but it’s a cool story. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/7 "2010-10-27T16:37:05Z")
Buzz Aldrin’s Omega Speedster wristwatch, which he wore during the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk, disappeared in 1971. Or if you prefer - he left it somewhere on the sound stage when they were done filming. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/8 "2010-10-27T16:38:44Z")
The [Amber Room](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_room) hasn’t been seen since the end of World War II. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/9 "2010-10-27T16:39:28Z")
How about President Clinton losing the codes for launching a nuclear strike? > **[Clinton lost nuclear codes, claims ex-aide | Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/7a956422-de09-11df-88cc-00144feabdc0)** > > News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication I realize the codes were not stolen, but were merely lost. However, it fits the description of an object that went missing. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/10 "2010-10-27T16:41:51Z")
The Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/11 "2010-10-27T17:05:17Z")
Lawrence lost the first draft, which was evidently very different, of _The Seven Pillars of Wisdom_ in a cab. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/12 "2010-10-27T17:20:39Z")
The [“From Hell”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_letter) letter is missing. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/13 "2010-10-27T17:37:22Z")
Jimmy Hoffa. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/14 "2010-10-27T17:44:40Z")
[Peking Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus_pekinensis) Ali’s Gold Medal. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/15 "2010-10-27T17:53:06Z")
[Judge Crater.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater) ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/16 "2010-10-27T18:06:21Z")
Waldo. ---
**Author:** ![merrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/17 "2010-10-27T18:10:30Z")
The [Great Mogul Diamond](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243471/Great-Mogul-Diamond) has not been seen since the 17th century. At the time, it was the largest cut diamond in existence, and it has been called the most valuable object ever lost. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/18 "2010-10-27T18:12:19Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Lawrence lost the first draft, which was evidently very different, of _The Seven Pillars of Wisdom_ in a cab. Don’t forget Jimi Hendrix losing the master tape to _Axis: Bold as Love_ in a cab. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/19 "2010-10-27T18:33:15Z")
The original “Jules Rimet” World Cup trophy was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-missing-objects/558536/20 "2010-10-27T18:38:46Z")
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